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so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones but it is very important in the creation of the. scenario to make sure that in the minds of most people. was drawn aside which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from seventy needs it to benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. and of course there are more stories online at all to call and let's see what else is there right now. while there are reports of widespread deaths and devastation from blasts in turkmenistan the government claims it's nothing more than a harmless firework incident. and find out why more than eleven million websites have been blacklisted and banned by giant web search engine google. russia has cal
so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones but it is very important in the creation of the. scenario to make sure that in the minds of most people. was drawn aside which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from seventy needs it to...
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it provides a window into understanding the future of afghanistan. ahmed walid karzai was ruthless with tribes that would not support his brother, cutting them off from any aid and military assistance. in addition, he gave the american and british forces in afghanistan information on hostile tribes, provided crucial intelligence on key groups and militants. he was also the first afghan leader to begin talking with the taliban about cease-fires and their entry into government. in other words, he was a practical deal maker. now, he was famous in the west or notorious for the corruption that surrounded him. but corruption surrounded all of the billions of dollars in american and western military aid and spending being brought into afghanistan. everyone in afghanistan was corrupt. ahmed karzai was an ally and an effective deal maker. a journalist recalls he was a wheeler dealer in the classic afghan mode. but if he was a rogue, he was a loveable rogue who charmed you, one way of doing political business in afghanistan. karzai's death reminds us it is the
it provides a window into understanding the future of afghanistan. ahmed walid karzai was ruthless with tribes that would not support his brother, cutting them off from any aid and military assistance. in addition, he gave the american and british forces in afghanistan information on hostile tribes, provided crucial intelligence on key groups and militants. he was also the first afghan leader to begin talking with the taliban about cease-fires and their entry into government. in other words, he...
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we can't expect america with all its economic and other problems and with afghanistan to pull our chestnuts out of the fire. >> rose: but on the question of nato, secretary gates suggested as much. >> rose: indeed. indeed. witness again, you know, a few weeks of military action on a very small scale in libya... >> rose: and all of a sudden... >> and we're running out of munitions and turning back to the united states as the land of last rest. but look, frankly, the military action in libya which i supported, reluctantly but i supported, i actually a sideshow. the big question is can you turn egypt which had been historically at the heart of islamic culture and scholarship into a model and a beacon for threst of the arab world in. >> rose: and your answer is likely? unlikely? too soon to tell? >> look, i mean, there's amaze pog ten nshl egypt and then a highly educated young people, a strong middle-class, a great sense of history and tradition. but it could all go pear shaped between armyn the one hand which is now proving an unam big rouse friend of liberal democracy and the muslim brotherh
we can't expect america with all its economic and other problems and with afghanistan to pull our chestnuts out of the fire. >> rose: but on the question of nato, secretary gates suggested as much. >> rose: indeed. indeed. witness again, you know, a few weeks of military action on a very small scale in libya... >> rose: and all of a sudden... >> and we're running out of munitions and turning back to the united states as the land of last rest. but look, frankly, the...
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health of global jihad has claimed responsibility tonight in response to the country's involvement in afghanistan and in a separate attack up to thirty bodies no it's been reported have been reported by witnesses after a loaded gun when opened fire at a youth rally outside the capital. also e.u. leaders agreeing on a second bailout for greece sparked fears over the union delving deeper into debt with experts predicting it's now up to growing economies to dominate global finance . welcome it's eleven pm this is our team our name is kevin owen here in moscow with the top story in the main news dominating norway's been shaken by double terror attacks tonight first the center of all those been hit by huge blast bomb and the blast damaged parliamentary buildings including the prime minister's office where at least seven were killed but the pm himself is said to be not then a gunman one of the shooting spree at a youth camp by witnesses report claims of up to thirty there that may have been killed police say they fear there may also be explosives in the grounds are says general logan is in oslo she joi
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that one of the ways short short cuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia he has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words we're yet to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. that was a pakistani political analyst where you are with r t it's good to have your company today let's check out now some other international news we're covering for you in brief going to iraq where five policemen were kidnapped and killed at a checkpoint in the western province of anbar the sunni controlled area is a known al qaeda stronghold and the center of iraq's insurgency the attack took place on a major road linking iraq with syria and jordan the gunmen were in uniform and driving a stolen police vehicle. hezbollah's leader has rejected the prosecution of four se
that one of the ways short short cuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia he has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words we're yet to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency...
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i mean we're essentially bankrupt in many elements of our nation in order to win this war i reckon afghanistan from my point is that we can be expending energy there much much harder than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness and you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i hope when that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply during a shooting inefficient structures in our economy as well i think that americans should be outraged that we're not doing more to spend our energy consumer energy in a smart way. now a pakistan is turning up the heat on washington americans to leave a military base in the country drone strikes on the afghan border region have been a launched from this site in particular pakistan's protesting against the attacks for years calling them a vi
i mean we're essentially bankrupt in many elements of our nation in order to win this war i reckon afghanistan from my point is that we can be expending energy there much much harder than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness and you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i hope when that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic approach...
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well they certainly are all the more recent to continue the war in afghanistan and the new war is that nato countries are involved in against your movement in somalia of course the libya operation going on is a good reason to say well these muslim terrorists will go after anybody they'll do it in their own countries they'll do it in america they'll do it across europe if we're if we don't target these people and get rid of them we'll keep inciting these incidents and killing innocent people and the trouble to scare them that people in countries especially in america believe this when in fact i know for a fact there's stories that written about the innocent people challenge that america was written about dozens of them falsely charged all of them muslims mostly occasionally a woman. written about it least five dozen of them i have yet to find a single person of any crime but they're all in christian some of them serving ways terms the public is traumatized in the imperial wars go war and these are just scandal it's it's a court topic clearly i deal with all the time ok silliman i know y
well they certainly are all the more recent to continue the war in afghanistan and the new war is that nato countries are involved in against your movement in somalia of course the libya operation going on is a good reason to say well these muslim terrorists will go after anybody they'll do it in their own countries they'll do it in america they'll do it across europe if we're if we don't target these people and get rid of them we'll keep inciting these incidents and killing innocent people and...
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nato policy in afghanistan as well they've tried to do everything including bribing the the the taliban and the taliban is insistent that u.s. and nato must leave afghanistan in iraq if we look at the iraqi members of parliament who were supposed to formally request that the u.s. forces remain there that has not happened so being one. war machine in the united states is is being halted because of its failure i'm afraid we're out of time good to hear your thoughts on the program cynthia mckinney former u.s. congresswoman presidential candidate on the line from new york. one of the new stories the lingering debt crisis in america is making china see red america's biggest lenders blasted the u.s. will make in saying that their big danger is the irresponsible investment analyst peter schiff says beijing could grow tired of washington playing its internal game of chicken and dump the dollar as its main reserve currency we can't afford bad relations with china beijing holds the cards you know we're dancing to the tune that they play the real problem for china is that there's no way that ameri
nato policy in afghanistan as well they've tried to do everything including bribing the the the taliban and the taliban is insistent that u.s. and nato must leave afghanistan in iraq if we look at the iraqi members of parliament who were supposed to formally request that the u.s. forces remain there that has not happened so being one. war machine in the united states is is being halted because of its failure i'm afraid we're out of time good to hear your thoughts on the program cynthia mckinney...
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is pulling about 1/3 of its troops out of afghanistan by next summer. nato wants the handover to take place quickly. although there are questions about their abilities, the afghans say they are up to the task. that international troops and the afghan government have been very active in our province. there have been a lot of reconstruction projects. foreign soldiers have been making their presence felt. people feel safe. we are ready to take control of our destiny. >> afghan military personnel hold talks with american officers. for months, they have been planning for the start of the u.s. withdrawa communication is still the biggest problem. but there is broad agreement on the plan of action. the u.s. has increased the pace of training of their afghan allies in recent months. the afghans need to be qualified before they can provide security. u.s. forces trained afghan policeman or retrain a pilot in five weeks. training provided by the germans in northern afghanistan last four month but i set demands that the basic standards should be similar. >> the sec
is pulling about 1/3 of its troops out of afghanistan by next summer. nato wants the handover to take place quickly. although there are questions about their abilities, the afghans say they are up to the task. that international troops and the afghan government have been very active in our province. there have been a lot of reconstruction projects. foreign soldiers have been making their presence felt. people feel safe. we are ready to take control of our destiny. >> afghan military...
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a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can see really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply dirty dish thing inefficient structures. in our combat zone i think americans should be outraged that we're not doing more better energy security missions. oh sir now to some of today's world news in brief thailand's holding a general election that sold well and the country's long running political crisis the incumbent prime minister faces a tough struggle against the opposition whose victory would bring the country's first ever female premier violent political protests have repeatedly shaken silent since the former government was toppled in a military coup in two thousand and six. hezbollah's chief has ruled out the arrest of four senior members of his group suspected of the assassination of former lebanese premier rethink her status on this ross said a special tribunal investigating the death should be asking questions of israel he also rejected each and every accusation by the un based court s
a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can see really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply dirty dish thing inefficient structures. in our combat zone i think americans should be outraged that we're not doing more better energy security missions. oh sir now to some of today's world news in brief thailand's holding a general election that sold well and the country's long running...
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policy from the unilateral troublemaking in afghanistan and pakistan to a comprehensive regional policy we have the shanghai cooperation organization as being the true and reliable partner for the united states instead of nato that who provided the brand new opportunities both for united states pakistan and its neighbors to jumpstart totally new regional security policies that will benefit to all parties concerned now let's take a look at some of the stories from around the world. birds are on their way in thailand to form a new coalition government which will bring the country's first ever female prime minister to power that's after the opposition party won a landslide victory in sunday's general election taney a clear majority of seats in the parliament its leader forty four year old. is the sister of the country's exiled leader toppled in an army coup five years ago it's hoped the election and the country's long running political crisis. the ailing venezuelan president hugo chavez may stay in cuba for cancer treatment for up to half a year it's already almost a month since he arrived
policy from the unilateral troublemaking in afghanistan and pakistan to a comprehensive regional policy we have the shanghai cooperation organization as being the true and reliable partner for the united states instead of nato that who provided the brand new opportunities both for united states pakistan and its neighbors to jumpstart totally new regional security policies that will benefit to all parties concerned now let's take a look at some of the stories from around the world. birds are on...
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elements of that of our nation in order to win this war record in afghanistan from what my point is that we should be expending energy there but for the shorter that we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness then you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i'm hoping that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say believes we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply inefficient structures in our combat zone where i think that americans should be outraged they were not doing war better energy consumer energy in a smart way. well as for mains in a financial quagmire whether it's economy paralyzed prices rising the value of the local ruble plummeting hard currency has all but disappeared from the country as well as most important goods now the belle of russian government is hoping for a several billion dollar bailout from
elements of that of our nation in order to win this war record in afghanistan from what my point is that we should be expending energy there but for the shorter that we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness then you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i'm hoping that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is...
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of course, earlier the half-brother was assassinated in kandahar, southern afghanistan. all of this comes, of course, as we are seeing the first u.s. troops begin to come home from the war zone. we are seeing the beginning of the turnover to afghan security control in afghanistan and tomorrow general david petraeus scheduled to give up his command to the next general coming in from the united states to command the war. things are moving very rapidly in afghanistan but the security situation certainly remains very tenuous. fred? >> barbara starr in washington, thanks so much. let's go to kabul where we find david. what are you learning about this assassination? >> reporter: >> all right. it looks like we still need to work on audio problems there. we'll try to check back in with david ariosto when we can from kabul. >>> in the meantime, on to london, rebeka brooks was taken into police custody in connection with the phone hacking and police scandal. she's the head of the newspaper and becomes the tenth murdoch employee that has been arrested in this scandal. let's go to t
of course, earlier the half-brother was assassinated in kandahar, southern afghanistan. all of this comes, of course, as we are seeing the first u.s. troops begin to come home from the war zone. we are seeing the beginning of the turnover to afghan security control in afghanistan and tomorrow general david petraeus scheduled to give up his command to the next general coming in from the united states to command the war. things are moving very rapidly in afghanistan but the security situation...
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punished the companies do an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights artie's got a report said it may be convenient for the u.s. to use hired guns since their actions may slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago disappearing felt something ground between my feet and on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers like you were trying to everyone if you see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre to other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with horrific human rights violations including torture rape and murder the u.s. supreme court recently threw out a lawsuit alleging abuse of prisoners by the contractors. in
punished the companies do an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights artie's got a report said it may be convenient for the u.s. to use hired guns since their actions may slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago disappearing felt something ground between my...
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. -- the nato-led force in afghanistan has begun handing over responsibility. guido westerwelle will be on hand. >> guido westerwelle was met by his afghan counterpart when he arrived in kabul. plans to withdraw german troops are taking shape but guido westerwelle gave no specifics on when it was start. >> i want to stress that we know we have a responsibility in afghanistan after 2014. also, we will not forget about afghanistan after that date. >> guido westerwelle and discussed security with hamid karzai. the taliban has continued attacks during the transition phase as control passes from nato troops to afghan forces. >> the hacker group anonymous has targeted the colombian president and one of british murdoch's papers. they say they have broken into servers belonging to nato and have got their hands on restricted material. they said that they were sitting on a gigabyte of data stolen frfr the military alliance. on wednesday, authorities in the u.s. and europe arrested 21 alleged members of the anonymous. nato has called the group a threat to governments and
. -- the nato-led force in afghanistan has begun handing over responsibility. guido westerwelle will be on hand. >> guido westerwelle was met by his afghan counterpart when he arrived in kabul. plans to withdraw german troops are taking shape but guido westerwelle gave no specifics on when it was start. >> i want to stress that we know we have a responsibility in afghanistan after 2014. also, we will not forget about afghanistan after that date. >> guido westerwelle and...
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in afghanistan than anyone else and has been employed hated in a number of scandals in two thousand and seven hired guns were accused of shooting dad seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad despite a lengthy legal process no one was punished over the alleged massacre the company is now set to take an even bigger role in afghanistan as u.s. withdraws its combat troops and as artie's gone it's become reports there is concern washington keep covering for its hired killers. this iraqi man son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago as a brain fell to ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot right trigger happy u.s. professional killers shot like they were trying to kill everyone they can see no one at blackwater. the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her rethinking on rights violations including porcher rape
in afghanistan than anyone else and has been employed hated in a number of scandals in two thousand and seven hired guns were accused of shooting dad seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad despite a lengthy legal process no one was punished over the alleged massacre the company is now set to take an even bigger role in afghanistan as u.s. withdraws its combat troops and as artie's gone it's become reports there is concern washington keep covering for its hired killers. this iraqi man son nine...
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wrote sitting in a hotel room in, oh, whatever year that was, 01, i guess, when we started bombing afghanistan. these are short poems on the afghan war. 1, small bones of mountain children in the snow. two, bags of rice burst open, burlap flaps in the wind. even the label, usa, is fading. three, we air drop transistor radios. can you eat them? will they keep you warm? this one is called les american, october 5, 2001. we are feral, rare as mountain wolves. our hearts are pure and stupid. we go down, pitted against our own. there's one other short thing. we gathered there frequently, old scholars, printers, book collectors, old and young writers pass through the place on any given afternoon. all kinds of activity came to the shop in the years i worked there. they were the early years of the black awareness, robert williams was active in south carolina. there was a period of time when the cot in the back of the store was a drop off for various disassembled armaments. sometimes someone we didn't know would put something under the mattress, making the cot unusable for several days. someone would co
wrote sitting in a hotel room in, oh, whatever year that was, 01, i guess, when we started bombing afghanistan. these are short poems on the afghan war. 1, small bones of mountain children in the snow. two, bags of rice burst open, burlap flaps in the wind. even the label, usa, is fading. three, we air drop transistor radios. can you eat them? will they keep you warm? this one is called les american, october 5, 2001. we are feral, rare as mountain wolves. our hearts are pure and stupid. we go...
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in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine call the forces counterinsurgency efforts will start firing at anything that moves in general kill innocent afghans they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by a contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is said to grow dramatically u.s. growth. source many. functions to these security companies they are not related in that they are not control and this is what we are extremely concerned that what we are calling is for relation to be national in at the international level so there is going to need accountable but washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their kid it is saying it will find ways to hold contrac
in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine call the forces counterinsurgency efforts will start firing at anything that moves in general kill innocent afghans they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by a contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to...
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campaign in afghanistan please bring you an expert opinion on what the new patent on chief has to do finally to stop bloodshed in the region pledge and animal hard saving human lives russian doctors give new lives to young girls i'm planning a unique artificial valve made from pig's heart. and then in the year in iraq is military journalist. some ways to go in the u.s. contractors there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed for you. i thought oh he was willing to do stuff leave it out by from a. huge leave a twenty seven days going to publicize it if you invite the right who believes he's started to be have a dialogue with his. troops in the slowly nurse review some of these homes he's. led. for. mine. right and if you move from phones to the pressure. starts on t.v. . watching r.t. live from moscow pro palestinian activists say they're determined to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza the spy the greek government banning their ships from leaving ports. they staged a hunger strike at a protest rally against the ruling you've also reportedly rejected a suggestion by the greek
campaign in afghanistan please bring you an expert opinion on what the new patent on chief has to do finally to stop bloodshed in the region pledge and animal hard saving human lives russian doctors give new lives to young girls i'm planning a unique artificial valve made from pig's heart. and then in the year in iraq is military journalist. some ways to go in the u.s. contractors there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed for you. i thought oh he was willing to do stuff leave it...
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a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured it follows a string of attacks and the killing of president karzai is half brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces former cia intelligence officer michael scherer told us that the violence in afghanistan will only escalate. we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because they're have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when nato leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again and so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal withdraw in defeat really ultimately what we have after ten years of effort in afghanistan is a body count but that's all we don't have any measure of progress against the enemy the kind of hard story the hard fact is that we went there with one mission whi
a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured it follows a string of attacks and the killing of president karzai is half brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces former cia intelligence officer michael scherer told us that the violence in afghanistan will only escalate. we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able to...
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that one of the ways short short cuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia he has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but use the words we're going to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. right now let's get to some other world news for you in brief this hour in thailand exit polls show that the opposition party is on course for a major victory in the country's general election the party is headed by the sister of an hours to prime minister the elections hope to end the country's long running political crisis violent protests reputedly shaken thailand since the former government was toppled in a military coup in two thousand and six. as chief has a root out the arrest of four senior members of his group suspected of the assassination of former lebanese prem
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plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics who know the difference between between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i announced at west
plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift...
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in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandals its contractors were. are accused of gunning down a seventeen other armed civilians in baghdad in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished or the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over her scenario to protect human rights but authorities gay and i reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hired guns since their actual slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old kid nani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain felt something ground between my feet and on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers like you were trying to everyone if you see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished with a massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in ir
in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandals its contractors were. are accused of gunning down a seventeen other armed civilians in baghdad in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished or the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over her scenario to protect human rights but authorities gay and i reports it's more...
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interest in afghanistan. it does not want to have a hostile afghanistan at its back. and, therefore, whether it wants to or not have to take responsibility for afghanistan. the american goal is that al qaeda should not be in afghanistan, but al qaeda is in yemen, somalia and cleveland trend what the point is if you look at south asia, do you disagree with those who consider pakistan and the pakistan-afghan to really be the most dangerously unstable part of the world? >> guest: i would not quote them as dangerous and stable part of the world. i think iran is potentially more, but it's not worth having -- it is certainly, the question had to get back into shape? de- stabilizing pakistan to the point that it collapses i don't think would create the security, making it the responsibly of pakistan, you know, make it what it is the it is a more interesting outcome. but the problem is that we have to ask more fundamental question. why are we in afghanistan, what was the strategy that president obama had in mind? president bush's strategy was a more modest one upholding key a
interest in afghanistan. it does not want to have a hostile afghanistan at its back. and, therefore, whether it wants to or not have to take responsibility for afghanistan. the american goal is that al qaeda should not be in afghanistan, but al qaeda is in yemen, somalia and cleveland trend what the point is if you look at south asia, do you disagree with those who consider pakistan and the pakistan-afghan to really be the most dangerously unstable part of the world? >> guest: i would not...
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a member of the rethink afghanistan movement. the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to find as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off. governing themselves without united states because she course has provided security for them because as we've seen we unintentionally killed a lot of people so if afghans are killing afghan doubt it's better off. nato. and i think we would be foolish to sit here and think that the us is leaving we're not leaving there will be a minute u.s. involvement in nato involvement for a long time. look at some other international headlines the u.s. has announced it will send humanitarian aid to famine hit somalia regions controlled by al qaeda affiliated terrorists groups if assured that
a member of the rethink afghanistan movement. the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to find as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are...
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want to keep private armies on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. well i mean it's a good it's a good question for iraq i mean the troops are going from fifty thousand or you know just under fifty thousand right now to nothing basically you know by the end of the year and so this you know the embassy doesn't rely on the military for their security after two thousand and eleven for the military to do that they need to sign a new security agreement because this the u.s. forces have rules of engagement in iraq right now where they can defend themselves without getting prosecuted by the iraqi courts because of the security agreement that the iraqi government right now is trying to sign that either a new agreement which i doubt they'll do but they'll come up with some type of memorandum of agreement to have trainers in iraq in two thousand and twelve and beyond but those trainers and going to be authorized to protect you know security you know the embassy personnel the embassy has to make its own agreements with the g. eight it with the government of ira
want to keep private armies on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. well i mean it's a good it's a good question for iraq i mean the troops are going from fifty thousand or you know just under fifty thousand right now to nothing basically you know by the end of the year and so this you know the embassy doesn't rely on the military for their security after two thousand and eleven for the military to do that they need to sign a new security agreement because this the u.s. forces have rules of...